Hey everyone,

My bad for forgetting to post a thread last week. Since then I’ve been continuing to work on Ragnarok and I’ve started Super Mario Wonder with my wife, and a bit with my daughter. I haven’t played too much of Wonder but it really is fantastic so far.

BG3 and Spider-man 2 are next in line and currently on the back burner. I really don’t want to have to juggle 4 games at once but I might have to play some Spider-man 2 soon.

Also in the last week I beat Cocoon. All I can say is…play it. It’s beautiful, the puzzles are great and ramp in difficulty nicely. I know Playdead didn’t make this one, but the comparisons to Limbo and Inside I think are still valid. If you liked those games I would definitely give it a try. I think it’s better than Limbo, and on par with Inside. Idk if I can say it’s better than Inside, but it’s definitely not worse. It’s right there with it I think. I can see how some might like Inside more though. I don’t want to say too much but as far as character, level, and art design, multiple times while playing I remember asking myself, “How did this come out of someone’s mind?” It’s so very alien in all the right ways. Give it a go. I beat it in about 3-4 hours and I’m still thinking about the ending and the whole experience and what it all means.

Anyway, what’re you all up to this week?

  • BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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    8 months ago

    How are the graphics? I’d like to get it but I’m a bit worried about the reports that it renders at like 320p and upscales it using FSR2 with lots of artifacts.

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      8 months ago

      I dont know what resolution it’s running at. It looks absolutely fine. If you care about art and visual style, then it’s full of it

      If pixel counting is in your head, it might not be right for you. I guess just try to enjoy things instead of being worried about that stuff?

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        8 months ago

        I game on a 77” OLED so if it’s a low resolution it just looks terrible.

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          8 months ago

          I also have a big oled! I even play tg16 games on it. Crazy huh. It’s almost like the art is important, not the specs.

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                8 months ago

                It’s not really limiting. I don’t have much time for video games (adulting) so I can be selective in what games I play (only the best in graphics, gameplay, etc.) and still fill all my available gaming time.

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                  8 months ago

                  No one has infinite time, and everyone picks and chooses their games. You are not unique.

                  It’s just dumb to have this mindset that if digital foundry says something, then I can’t play it! Art does not matter, just pixels and technology.

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                    8 months ago

                    It’s just dumb to have this mindset that if digital foundry says something, then I can’t play it!

                    It’s not just what they are saying, they back it up with screen recordings. You can see how soft the image is and the how much shimmering there is due to the FSR2 upscaling.

                    I’ll just park this one until PS5 Pro releases and then see if it can run with a decent graphical quality.